Poultry fountain



S. P. CALTRIDER ET AL POULTRY FOUNTAIN Jul 3, 1923. 1,4 0,702

Filed Feb. 28, 1922 Patented July 3, 1923.

Pam T SAMUEL P. oan'rarnnn nine wer r. sAUBLn' or wasmmma; amas,

i .lULTRY FonNTAiNF lfpplication'fil'ed Eebruary zaieza' selfiaklld.54ml;

TojaZZ whom it may concern x Be 'itknown thatwe, SAMUEL 'P.ICALT v RIDERand PE ER P; SAUnLn'fcitizensbfthe United States, residingat'WVestminster, in

the county of Carroll and State of'Maryland, have invented certain newand 'usefi'il' Improvements in- Boultry'Fountains, of which thefollowing is a specificatiOm r This invention relates to improvements inpoultry fountains, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap andefiicient sanitary fount ain which will accommodate a number of'fowls atone nmea'nd which .is'

provided with a self feeding fountain that can be refilled withouttilting or without removal from the outer or drinking receptacle. toprovide a fountain that can be' readily removed for the purpose ofcleaning the drinking receptacle;

' The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement ofthe parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fullyv set forth inthe following specification and pointed out in detail in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is aside elevation of our invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the outer or drinkingreceptacle and hood, and showing the position of the removable fountaintherein.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical longitudinal section of the removablefountain.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the discharge end of the fountain.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification, and inwhich like reference numerals designate like partsthroughout the several views, 1 designates the outer or drinkingreceptacle, which is provided with a number of elongated openings 2 inthe side wall thereof, through which the fowl are enabled to drink, thewater level being shown in Figure 2 and indicated by dotted lines inFigure 1. The removable fountain 3 is provided with an annular flange 4which rests over the upper edge of the outer or drinking receptacle 1.The upper end of the said fountain 3 is provided with an opening 5having an externally threaded neck 6 adapted to receive the internallythreaded cap 7. Between the upper end of the neck 6 and the cap 7 is arubber gasket 8to form an air-tight joint between the said neck and cap.The lower A further object of the invention is portion'of thefountaini3is contracted. and

tapered and provided in 'its'lower' end; with a'central aperture 9 andtwo discharge apertu'res -10 through which latter the water flowsfroin'the fountain3 tothe Qumran drinking f'receptacle l' "The" level ismaintained at the'lower'en dof thefolllitail t i 3, as indicated in'Figurei2'," ;n account of the i said romain being 'air tight'l Tat its;'upper end and the water'in the receptacle 1' form ing asealat'theflower 'end. [Projecting through the aperture 1 9' is a rod. 11having a' metal disk 12011 its lower end and a rubber disk 13 just aboveand, resting upon said metal disk 12. To the upper end of the rod 11 issecured one end of a coiled spring 14 and to the upper end of saidspring 14 is 'connected a chain 15, which latter has its upper endconnected'to the cap 7. Within the neck 6 is an inwardly projecting hook16 over whichthe chain is caught when the v fountain is being filled.When it is desired to refill the fountain 3, the cap 7 is removed fromthe neck' 6- and the'rodll'israised by means of the chain 15 until therubber disk 13 is tight against the discharge endof the fountain 3 andcloses the apert'ures 10. The chain 15 isthen drawn up;

tight against the action of the coil d Spring 14 and caught over thehook 16. The water.

is then poured through the neck 6 until the fountain 3 is filled Thevchain 15 is-then I i v unhoo-ked and-the rod llallowedto drop whichuncovers the apertures 10 and allows the water to flow into the outerordrinking receptacle 1.

The cap 7 is screwed down tight on the neck 6 and the rubber gasket 8forms an air-tight ioint between the: said neck and cap, whichmaintainsthe water lever inthe said drinking receptacle as'indicated onthe drawing. The said drinking receptacle is also provided with arms. 17

nearits upper end, in whichrests the lower edge of the hood 18. The saidhood; 18 projects over the sidewall of the drinking receptacle 1 andprevents water and dirt from running down the outer side wall and intothe openings-2' and coming into contact with the water in the drinkingrecep-' The hood 18 oan'be remo vedand- I used as afunnel in refillingthe founta1n'3,

tacle.

by placing thesmall end into the neck 7.-

.It will thus be seen from the foregoing that the fountain 3 canberefilledwithout removal from the drinking receptacle 1, or withouttilting the saidfountain.

Slight alterations in the construction andarrangements of the parts maybe made, within the scope of the appended claims, withoutdeparting fromthe spirit of our present invention. a

Having thus described our invention, what I We claim is:

1. A poultry fountain comprising an outer receptacle having a number ofopenings in its side wall, a removable fountain within said outerreceptacle and having an intake opening in its'upper end and a dischargeopening in itslowerend acap to close the intake opening, meansconnectedwith said cap to close the discharge {opening of said fountain, armsprojeeting fromthe upper edge of the outerreceptacle, and ahood restingupon said armsand above the inner andouter receptacles.

2.. A poultry fountain comprising an outer receptacle having a number ofopenings in its side wall, a removable fountain having an intake openingin its upper end and an annula -flange adapted torest upon the up peredge of the outer receptacle and a contracted tapered lower portionprovided with a central aperture and two discharge openings in its lowerend, a cap toclosethe said intake opening, arod projecting through thecentral aperture in the lower end of the said removable fountain andhaving a disk thereon adapted to; close the discharge openiii-g of saidfountain means eonneetingthe 1 said rod and cap for raising said rod toclose the said discharge openingiarms projecting from the upper edge ofthe, outer receptacle, and a hood having its lower edge resting in saidarms and covering the outer receptacle and the removable fountain,-

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

SAMUEL r1. simmers. PETER P. SAUBLE-

